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Do you believe in this?

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Keeeeepdancing · 08/09/2025 22:24

Yesterday I did a carboot. Needed to make some extra money. Im a single mum and had a few tough years ober various things. Been thinking about the path of my life recently.
Anyway beside me at the carboot was.this woman 10/15 years old than me. She was lovely!! We.got on really well.
Talking about my life and hers. Saying she's really into female empowerment and so am I. Solo holidays ect. Anyway she asked if im into fate or spiritual things and I replied like moons and star signs
She said kind of. Then she said she felt like things were going to change for me in a positive way. She felt september meant new beginnings.
When the car boot finished I came away feeling happy. Someone id spoken to for a few hours felt like an impact on me. Honestly I cant describe it. She was such a character.
Today I was driving to work, kind of dreading it and thinking about my future. Then all of a sudden a big white feather dropped onto my windscreen, sat there for a second or two and then blew off.
I know its suppose to be spiritual. I looked it up and I don't really have anyone close whos past. However it said it could symbolise im on the right path or new beginnings are coming.
I've never been a woo person but I was moved.and felt emotional when I saw the feather.

Does anyone else believe in this stuff? Has anything happened to someone when you've been unhappy or at cross roads and pulled or pushed you in a happy direction?

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Cecilly · 08/09/2025 22:38

I believe in this stuff. I think she was an angel. They say you feel lighter, happier and more positive after meeting one.

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Keeeeepdancing · 08/09/2025 23:06

Cecilly · 08/09/2025 22:38

I believe in this stuff. I think she was an angel. They say you feel lighter, happier and more positive after meeting one.

I mean it sounds crazy but I felt really happy and positive meeting her. Never met anyone like her before, she just had this positive happy energy!

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onlymethen · 08/09/2025 23:11

I’m not a believer but have a good friend that is. I take from it what makes me feel happy, white feather my mum, robin my mum, it makes me happy, why not.

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Keeeeepdancing · 08/09/2025 23:15

onlymethen · 08/09/2025 23:11

I’m not a believer but have a good friend that is. I take from it what makes me feel happy, white feather my mum, robin my mum, it makes me happy, why not.

I agree take from these encounters what you can.

I just love hearing people's stories who are not perhaps woo but something happened that seemed more than a coincidence

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QPZM · 08/09/2025 23:20

You're at a crossroads in your life and that's why you took notice of this woman, probably.

If you were at your absolute happiest, your logical mind would've kicked in and you probably wouldn't have noticed that one of the billions of feathers from the millions of UK birds dropped in front of you.

But if it brought you even a moment's joy, that's not a bad thing.

I'd just be careful about getting too 'woo' around others who aren't into all that stuff.

RedRec · 08/09/2025 23:26

You got a buzz from the social connection and the white feather was a coincidence. Or bias confirmation.
Sorry if that jars with your experience, OP. Don't want to belittle your beliefs but I just don't believe in them myself.

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Keeeeepdancing · 08/09/2025 23:28

That's ok, as I said I don't really believe in spiritual stuff and in the first to roll my eyes. However I just felt different in this interaction and usually would think nothing of the feather

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AgingLikeGazpacho · 08/09/2025 23:29

Try not too fall too far down the rabbit hole with this sort of stuff - some people let it dictate their whole lives (to ill effect). I'd echo PPs more rational explanations

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Keeeeepdancing · 08/09/2025 23:32

Thanks im not letting it. Just thought it was a nice positive story

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Ilfurfante · 08/09/2025 23:39

I'm not spiritual but I am a person with an "energy". I think it's because I have a genuine interest in people and I never judge, no matter the story. I have always had an ability to get people to tell me about their lives and I know that I have also had a positive impact on how they perceive themselves.

QPZM · 08/09/2025 23:40

Keeeeepdancing · 08/09/2025 23:32

Thanks im not letting it. Just thought it was a nice positive story

And it is nice that it made you feel nice.

Honestly there's nothing wrong with that.

I'd just advise you to be careful that's all because if a complete stranger told me, 'they felt like things were going to change for me in a positive way. They felt september meant new beginnings', I'd shut that conversation down right away.

They've no right to impress their nonsense onto others because one day, she'll say that to someone with terminal cancer or perhaps has a miscarriage in September.

But as long as they get to impart their made up 'wisdom', that's all that seems to matter to a lot of these people.

DiscoNights · 08/09/2025 23:50

I believe it, but this is Mumsnet so you’ll be ridiculed for it on here.

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Keeeeepdancing · 08/09/2025 23:55

QPZM · 08/09/2025 23:40

And it is nice that it made you feel nice.

Honestly there's nothing wrong with that.

I'd just advise you to be careful that's all because if a complete stranger told me, 'they felt like things were going to change for me in a positive way. They felt september meant new beginnings', I'd shut that conversation down right away.

They've no right to impress their nonsense onto others because one day, she'll say that to someone with terminal cancer or perhaps has a miscarriage in September.

But as long as they get to impart their made up 'wisdom', that's all that seems to matter to a lot of these people.

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saraclara · 08/09/2025 23:56

I met one of those charismatic types of people recently. I was on some kind of high having met her and heard her story. And she made me feel really good about myself.

But I don't have any woo feelings about it, and if she'd starred predicting things for me it would have detracted from the connection, for me

But though I'm very down to earth and dislike woo, I can still enjoy meeting someone really impressive and empathetic and feel ridiculously better for having met them. But the whole angel thing? Absolutely not. Makes me cringe.

LoadOfOldShit · 09/09/2025 00:01

I don’t believe in any of it, but I am glad the moment mattered to you, and that you feel better for it. Life is so brief, the happier our days the better.

Cherryicecreamx · 09/09/2025 00:27

Sometimes when we're at a crossroads in life, we look out for things that bit more. Look for meanings in things we probably wouldn't usually give a second thought to. I've had a few big decisions to make lately and I've found myself saying "that's a sign" , believing things are meant to happen for a reason and just looking a bit deeper into things.

I don't get into things too much but I like the positive outlook it can bring 🤗

Daisy617 · 09/09/2025 00:31

It’s obviously ridiculous and is simply a form of cognitive bias however if it acts as a positive influence for you and makes you feel better then that’s a good thing.

Placebos work!

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Keeeeepdancing · 09/09/2025 07:00

saraclara · 08/09/2025 23:56

I met one of those charismatic types of people recently. I was on some kind of high having met her and heard her story. And she made me feel really good about myself.

But I don't have any woo feelings about it, and if she'd starred predicting things for me it would have detracted from the connection, for me

But though I'm very down to earth and dislike woo, I can still enjoy meeting someone really impressive and empathetic and feel ridiculously better for having met them. But the whole angel thing? Absolutely not. Makes me cringe.

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I didnt say she was an angel someone else did. She literally said she had a good feeling for me and that she felt new beginnings were coming. That's all she didnt go on about it

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SquaredPaper · 09/09/2025 07:13

Look, you met someone nice who was positive about you and your future at a vulnerable moment. And a bird’s feather blew onto your windscreen.

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Keeeeepdancing · 09/09/2025 07:16

I was actually looking for other nice stories but instead I've basically got people saying what a load of rubbish in a kind of nice way

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SquaredPaper · 09/09/2025 07:33

Keeeeepdancing · 09/09/2025 07:16

I was actually looking for other nice stories but instead I've basically got people saying what a load of rubbish in a kind of nice way

But you asked ‘Do you believe in this?’, which is what people are responding to.

Cecilly · 09/09/2025 10:24

On Mumsnet if it can’t be proved by science then it’s not true, it never happened, or it was all in your mind. There’s no room for spirituality and religion. There are many religions in the world that believe in angels, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, even the Buddhists and the Hindus. I believe they’re out there, and that God has sent them to watch over us and guide us. So yeah, maybe you met a very nice person, but maybe it was something more? Who knows?

dogcatkitten · 09/09/2025 10:31

You meet so many people who have negative energy and nothing nice to say. Meeting someone who is spontaneously nice to you and is giving out positive energy makes you feel so good, and it carries forward through your day and even beyond. Where does that positive uplifting energy come from? Is it from some spiritual well, I have no idea, but it's really nice wherever it comes from, enjoy.

LinedOverLatte · 09/09/2025 10:38

@Keeeeepdancing

Hold onto this feeling of lightness and happiness and move forward towards a better and brighter future for you all.

Whatever is behind you meeting this lady and seeing the feather - maybe fate, maybe coincidence, maybe something else greater than any of us - you’ve had a positive experience that has touched you deeply. The why doesn’t matter and nor does what other people think or believe - maximising this positivity does. Keep hold of the feeling. It has connected with you on a deeper level than can be explained or justified.

PersephonePomegranate · 09/09/2025 10:41

I'd say confirmation bias, just like reading your horoscope. What these people say is so broad it could fit almost anyone. Feathers float around because there are a bazillion birds and at any other time you just wouldn't have noticed.

No harm in believing though, if that brings people peace or happines (or whatever else they need).